Ch. 35

"MAGNUS!" Alec yelled as Valentine hung up.

He fell to his knees, the world around him spinning.

Magnus is suffering and it's all my fault!

In his mind Alec pictured Magnus in a cell, alone and hurt.

"Magnus," Alec whispered, "Magnus, I'm so sorry."

Alec forced himself to get up, his knees wanting to give out underneath him, and the world felt like a fuzzy dream.

Izzy, I need to call Izzy.

Alec's fingers fumbled for his phone, that was on the carpet, his eyes starting to fill with angry and frustrated tears. He finally dialed Izzy, his hands shaking.

"Alec, where the hell are you?" Izzy yelled, picking up.

Alec stuttered, "M-Magnus, he-he…"

Izzy gasped, "Did he break up with you?"

Tears threatened to roll down his face, "No!"

"Then what?"

Alec took a deep breath, "Val-Valentine…"

"Alec, what's wrong?"

"VALENTINE HAS MAGNUS!" Alec yelled.

"...What….."

"Izzy…." Alec's voice was choked.

"Stay right where you are Alec, I'm coming to get you."

Alec sniffed, "Okay"

He hung up and his arm fell limp beside him, dropping his phone onto the soft carpet. Alec sat down on the couch behind him and his knees to his chest, crying into them.

Alec closed his eyes and hugged his knees closer to him.

Magnus, I'm so sorry…..

Alec sobbed into his knees , images flashing through his mind.

Magnus all alone, blood all over his body, and his eyes lifeless…..

"NOOOO!" Alec yelled, standing up.

He carefully sat back down in the armchair and smelled Magnus' sweet rolled down his cheeks and his fists clenched.

Alec closed his eyes, trying not to cry anymore.

He was a shadowhunter, he's not supposed to cry, especially because of a downworlder…..but he couldn't help it.

Magnus was suffering and it was his fault.

Alec was snapped back into reality by a knock on the loft door.

"ALEC, IT'S ME IZZY!"

Alec got up and wiped the tears as best as he could and walked over to the door.

He opened it and Izzy stood there with Clary and Simon.

"Izzy, why did you bring them?" Alec hissed.

Izzy put her hands on her hips and pout her lips, "They've saved your life multiple times, Alec."

Alec rolled his eyes and allowed them to enter Magnus' loft.

"Where is Magnus?" Simon asked, stupidly.

Alec turned to Simon and was about to hit him, but Izzy help him back.

"Simon!" Clary yelled, digging her elbow into his ribs.

"Ow!" Simon said, jumping away from Clary.

"Alec, I am so sorry to hear about Magnus." Clary said.

Clary hugged Alec, but Alec pulled away and went to go lean against the bedroom doorway.

"I don't need your sympathy, Clary." Alec angrily said.

Izzy quickly asked, "Do you have any clues or ideas as to where Magnus could be?"

Alec tore his gaze away from Clary, "No, I left him to come back to the Institute and then when I came back here, Magnus called me but it was Valentine with his phone and he told me if I didn't bring him someone, he would ki-kill Magnus."

Clary crossed her arms, "Who is it he wants, Alec?"

Alec swallowed and took a few seconds to answer, "He-He wants you Clary."

Clary took a step back, her eyes widening out of fear, "NO!"

"One more thing…...Jace was with him." Alec said, looking at the ground.

"WHAT?!" All three of them yelled.

"Yeah, and he said that Valentine was his father, but that would make him Clary's….."

The room went silent.

"My brother…." Clary choked out.

Alec and Izzy frowned, while Simon smiled.

"Jace is my brother." Clary said, her body starting to shake.

"It seems so." Issy said.

She turned back to Alec, "Do you happen to have a plan, big brother?"

Alec shook his head, tears building up again.

"Well we better come up with one or Magnus could die!"